Clipping:Rumors of game throwing
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| Date | Sunday, May 17, 1868 |
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| Text | The reason the players named to take part in the matches between New York and Brooklyn, on the part of New York, did not take place, was because they had been told that Brooklyn was to be allowed to win for the sake of a third game. The professional clubs have realized by experience that any “arrangement” that leads to a third game of a series costs more in loss of prestige and reputation than it yields in the pecuniary profits in the way of receipts at the game, so it is no longer countenanced. It may be that no game has ever been lost for the purpose of having a third game played, the object in view being gate-money; but you cannot make the majority of the fraternity think so. The fact is, wherever you see a contest about to be played, and the bets are laid on the result to the amount of thousands of dollars, you may set it down as a fact, that the side having the most money bet will try to win at all events, and if they can in any way influence the club or the individual players of the club; they bet against either, to allow their opponents to win, or for the player to play so as to lose, they will do it. Of course, the result of this kind of thing is not only to prevent all interest being taken in leading contests, but to give a bad reputation to clubs and players who do no merit it. For the interest, therefore, of the betting classes along, it becomes their best policy to have every game played on the square, for then only will people visit the grounds or bet on the result. |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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